Let’s travel in the future to the
year 356BC. As you may know Alexander III or more famously known as Alexander
the Great was involved in treacherous wars. He was one of the most famous emperors
in the entire Greek history. He was the son of Phillip II. Alexander was
born on July 20th 356BC at Macedonia. He united Greek city states and because of
this kind and generous gesture he became leader of the Greek Corinthian League.
Alexander was the student of philosopher, Aristotle. Alexander was a tough and stern
military leader and ruthless politician. His father passed away when he
was 19 years old. The cause of King Phillip II’s death was from being murdered
by Pausanias, a Macedonian noble. From Alexander’s undiminishing determination
he conquered Macedonia and became king. He used his power to invade different
countries for instance, Egypt and Persia. He ended up defeating them both and
conquered the Persian Empire. After conquering all these countries Alexander’s
next conquest was to take over eastern Iran. He ended up capturing the Iran
prince, Prince Oxyartes and married his daughter Rhoxana. In the year 328BC he
defeated King Porus’ armies. Alexander found King Porus quiet impressive so he
reinstated him as king and won his loyalty. Alexander’s effect on Greece was
that he increased their power immensely. This was an advantage for them but
disadvantage for many other countries. Alexander the Great was one undefeatable
warrior! (Alexander’s determination effected him because it led him to success. He also accomplished
his conquests).
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One of the negative impacts of
Alexander was that many individuals settled in overcrowded states in Italy in
search of work. When Alexander died Italy conquered Greece because of their
corruption and therefore they needed jobs. They had an excuse to take over Greece and that in fact was
something Alexander did not know about but the Greeks should have discussed the
outcomes and consequences before going into wars. If they took this into account
the future would have been much more positive for them as the Romans would not
have an excuse to use against them and therefore they would be in the ‘wrong.'
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